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Tiger Global-backed SaaS startup Chargebee cuts 10% jobs

November 3, 2022

Chargebee, backed by marquee investors including Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India, has laid off about 10% of its staff in a “reorganization” effort due to ongoing global macroeconomic challenges and growing operational debt. The Chennai and San Francisco-headquartered startup, which offers billing, subscription, revenue and compliance management solutions, confirmed to TechCrunch that the update […]

Tiger Global-backed SaaS startup Chargebee cuts 10% jobs by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Sacca’s Lowercarbon doubles down on startup bringing solar modules to Indian rooftops

November 3, 2022

Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon is doubling down on a startup that is racing to bring solar modules to rooftops in India. SolarSquare said on Thursday it has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round led by Lowercarbon and Elevation Capital, just months after securing its seed financing. Existing backers Good Capital, Rainmatter, Better Capital […]

Sacca’s Lowercarbon doubles down on startup bringing solar modules to Indian rooftops by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Fisker bumps up production for all-electric Ocean SUV

November 3, 2022

Fisker is raising its manufacturing forecast two weeks before its first electric vehicle, the Ocean SUV, enters production. The automaker plans to produce 42,400 Ocean SUVs by the end of 2023, up from an initial forecast of 40,000, due to strong demand in the U.S. and Europe. The company said it has received 62,000 reservations […]

Fisker bumps up production for all-electric Ocean SUV by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch

Instagram will soon allow select creators to make and sell NFTs directly in its app

November 3, 2022

Meta announced today that it is introducing a number of new creator updates across Instagram and Facebook. Most notably, the company revealed that creators on Instagram will soon be able to create their own NFTs and sell them directly to fans, both on and off Instagram. With this update, creators will have access to a […]

Instagram will soon allow select creators to make and sell NFTs directly in its app by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Google is integrating Lens directly into its search box

November 2, 2022

Google is adding its Lens image search right into its home page, letting users access the advanced image recognition tool directly from the search box. The search giant first announced Lens at I/O 2017 and has since integrated it into several of its services, including Google Photos, Chrome and more. Now, as first noted by […]

Google is integrating Lens directly into its search box by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Xata gives Jamstack developers access to a serverless data platform with an API call

November 2, 2022

A couple of years ago, Xata founder Monica Sarbu was putting together a passion project called Tupu.io, a platform she was building to help women in tech find mentors. She wanted to include a Postgres database with Elastic search in the Tupu web application, and as a side project, she wanted it to be fairly […]

Xata gives Jamstack developers access to a serverless data platform with an API call by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch